How do we work?

Once every few weeks a new topic will be displayed on the blog. Young people, ages 5 - 96, will submit their responses. Student writing will be posted as it is received. Know someone that would love to contribute? Pass the word.

Blog #14 Topic Choices:
Write about a place or an aspect of New Orleans that has influenced you OR use the words "Escaping the heat/to get out of the heat..." of New Orleans.

Submission Logistics: Submissions should be in response to the blog topic. Poetry and prose, up to 500 words in length, should be emailed as a Microsoft Word attachment. Emails should include author’s first name, age, and School.

Submissions can be sent to: youngneworleanswritingtogether@gmail.com
Submission due date: May 31st, 2012 @ 5pm

Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Brittany - Nighttime in NOLA

In many places, nighttime is quiet and peaceful, when everyone heads
inside to sleep for the night. Night time in New Orleans is very
different from other places. It is usually not peaceful, it is actually
very alive. Many people might compare it to other big cities during the
night, when it can sometimes relate, it has some unique qualities.  It
is never empty, always full of people. It is also full of people talking
and music playing in the distance.  If near the river, a person can
sometimes hear the horns and noise from the several boats traveling it.
Also in New Orleans, if you travel just right out of downtown, a person
can hear the chirps from crickets and sounds of the night. New Orleans
has a diverse nightlife, from nature sounds, to sounds created from
people going about in their night.


Brittany, age 16
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